Karnataka Council session likely to be stormy

The Karnataka Legislative Council will hold its day-long session on Tuesday. Accusing Council Chairman K Pratapachandra Shetty of “abruptly” adjourning the session sine die on December 10, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government decided to convene the House, and the ruling party had also petitioned the Governor in this regard. Ruling party likely to table the controversial anti-cow slaughter bill suring the session. 

According to sources The ruling BJP would need the support of Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) if it wants to pass the “Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2020” in the legislative council where it has only 31 members in a House of 75. The bill was passed by the state Assembly last week amid uproar from the opposition. Congress  party has issued a whip to all its members to attend the Council proceedings on Tuesday.Currently, the ruling BJP is the single largest party in the Council with 31 members, followed by Congress with 29 including the chairman.The JD(S) has 14 members and there is one independent.